Themes of Love and Revenge in Shakespeares Hamlet Essay -- Shakespear

Themes of Love and R tear downge in Shakespeares hamlet Love is one of the most powerful themes in Hamlet, but a superior force - REVENGE, drives Hamlets love. Revenge of his fathers death penalty. Hamlet is confused and melancholic everywhere the fact that his mother married his own uncle and so quickly aft(prenominal) his fathers death. Even though he does not immediately suspect filthy play in his fathers untimely death, he is in a allege of shock. As Kenneth Muir states, He (Hamlet) is profoundly shocked by Gertrudes marriage to his uncle in less than two months after her first husbands death, although he has no witting suspicion that his father has been carrying outed or that his mother had committed adultery. The travel scene seems to fuel Hamlets revenges of his fathers murder, but also, as we will discuss afterwards this scene confuses Hamlet. Hamlets revenge of his fathers murder is successful, but very costly. Hamlet pays the ultimate price of his mothers, his sweet heart Ophelias, his friends and his own life to accomplish this revenge. Hamlets revenge for his fathers murder begins just after the ghost scene, were Hamlet meets his fathers ghost and is told of the murder. Hamlets father aver him to revenge his murder Revenge his conk and most unnatural murder (I, v, 25). Hamlets response is to swear that I, with wings as swift As guess or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge.(I, v, 29-31). Hamlet is now determined, even shake to a rapid revenge. Hamlet is confused with his fathers death and is suspicious of foul play, but even after the ghost scene Hamlets seems to be oscillate amongst actuality (Was his father murder by his uncle?) and manic depression. Hamlet even goes as far as considering suicide. ... ...ve his final revenge. Hamlets revenge has led him to comfortable and meaningless slaughter. He may have ultimately won the combat within himself, but he dies with the blood of eight men on his hands, five of them innocent victims, helpless bystanders who were pointlessly struck down because they came between two mighty opposites. Hamlets revenge has led to the destruction of two inherent families and to the abandonment of the State to a foreign adventurer. BIBLIOGRAPHY Hoy, C. settlement William Shakespeare, recent York, 1963 Prosser, E. HAMLET & REVENGE, Stanford, 1971 Wilson, J. What happens in HAMLET, New York, 1964 Muir, K. SHAKESPREARE Hamlet, London, 1983 Cantor, P. Landmarks of World Literature SHAKESPEARE Hamlet, New York, 1989 Farnham, W. HAMLET PRINCE OF DENMARK, New York, 1985 Mercer, P. HAMLET and the Acting of Revenge, London, 1987